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Willey

in North Carolina

There are 247 people with the last name "Willey" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

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Willey 3,726
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  1. is 3,722nd most common Pigg
  2. is 3,723rd most common Purnell
  3. is 3,724th most common Rowan
  4. is 3,725th most common Usher
  5. is 3,726th most common Willey
  6. is 3,727th most common Boucher
  7. is 3,728th most common Bronson
  8. is 3,729th most common Creel
  9. is 3,730th most common Guest

Most Common First Names for Willey

Mary, Robert, James, Hugh, John, Ralph, Frank, George, Janet, Joshua

Meaning & History

English:

  • 1. habitational name from any of various places so named. Those in Cheshire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, and Warwickshire are named from an Old English wilig ‘willow’ + Old English lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’; one in Devon probably has Old English wīðig ‘willow’ as the first element, while one in Surrey has Old English wēoh ‘(pre-Christian) temple’.
  • 2. variant spelling of Willy 2.

    • FOREBEARS Isaac Willey is recorded in Boston, MA, in 1640, and went on to be one of the founders of New London, CT. His descendent Samuel Hopkins Willey (1821–1914) was one of the founders of the College of California at Berkeley in 1860.

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